Have you ever been excited to start something, only to have that interest wane and the project fizzle out?
In July we are going to look at projects: how to pick what to do, how to get started, how to move forward consistently, how to fix stalled projec… Continue reading
Category Archives: Productivity
Please join 50 ways to analyze data course to become an awesome analyst
Hi friends & readers of Chandoo.org
I am very happy to invite you to our newest online class, 50 ways to analyze your data. This program is aimed to make you an awesome analyst, training you on vital skills like data analysis, data science, visualization of outputs, modeling business problems and finding best solutions.
Please click here to know more about this program & enroll.
What is this course?
It is the age of big data. Alas, what we need is big insights. But finding even small insights buried in our data is a hard task. To find the stories hidden in your data, you need to follow a process like this:
- Collect & clean data
- Structure the data
- Model business problems
- Analyze the data (or solve the problem)
- Visualize results
- Find conclusions
- Add layers of complexity to the problem
- Build what-if scenarios
- Reach conclusions
- Take action
This is where the 50 ways to analyze your data course. In this program, we analyze 50 familiar, important and diverse business situations using several of the above steps.
My goal is to make you say “YES” every-time your boss asks “Can you analyze this data and tell me what is going on?” Continue reading
Open Loops 7/10/2015
On Fridays I pull the best of my blog readings to share with readers. Topics can come from anywhere, and cover anything. This week I highlight articles on
Manners we shouldn’t ignore
Productivity hacks for procrastinators
Productivity with a sleep def… Continue reading
CP038: Data to Ink Ratio – What is it, How to optimize it, Techniques & Discussion
In the 38th session of Chandoo.org podcast, Let’s optimize data to ink ratio of your charts.
What is in this session?
In this podcast,
- Announcements
- What is Data to Ink Ratio?
- Obvious ways to optimize Data to Ink Ratio
- More ways to optimize Data to Ink ratio
- Highlighting what is important
- Conclusions
High Impact Productivity: The Lowly Plan
In July we are looking at some of the simple things you can do or use every day that make a huge impact on your productivity. Today we will look at planning.
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Are you an analyst? Use these 25 shortcuts & tricks to boost your productivity
Analyst’s life is busy. We have to gather data, clean it up, analyze it, dig the stories buried in it, present them, convince our bosses about the truth, gather more evidence, run tests, simulations or scenarios, share more insights, grab a cup of coffee and start all over again with a different problem.
So today let me share with you 25 shortcuts, productivity hacks and tricks to help you be even more awesome. Continue reading
How To Pick Your Next Project
How many projects do you have going on right now? I would wager that it’s more than one. And I would also guess there are more waiting to be done.
Today we look at how to pick what to do and get it started.
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New Productivity Forms: July 2015

In 2014 I decided I wanted to release monthly productivity forms with a seasonal theme. Fun tools make it more likely I will use them, and honestly, I get bored with the plain old print and line forms. In 2015 I decided to continue this tradition. So to that end, I will be releasing a […]
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Open Loops 7/3/015
On Fridays I pull the best of my blog readings to share with readers. Topics can come from anywhere, and cover anything. This week I highlight articles on
Ways to engage on road trips
Keeping your phone from interrupting you
The value of practice
Th… Continue reading
What is the coolest thing you made with Excel? [weekend poll]
It is almost weekend. I am sure most of you have plans (if you are USA, wish you happy 4th of July). As for me, I am going on a 80KM (50 mile) bicycle trip to a nearby lake to watch birds on Saturday morning. On Sunday, we (kids & I) are planning to make a scrapbook from our Australian experiences.
So let me keep this nice & simple.
What is the coolest thing you made with Excel?
Go ahead and share your answers in the comments area. Continue reading











